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Global IVF, Infertility, and Emergency Contraception in the Middle East and North Africa

Global IVF, Infertility, and Emergency Contraception in the Middle East and North Africa REVIEW ESSAY Global IVF, Infertility, and Emergency Contraception in the Middle East and North Africa ELLE N J. A MSTER Cosmopolitan Conceptions: IVF Sojourns in Global Dubai. Marcia C. Inhorn. Durham, NC: Duke University Press, 2015. 379 pages. ISBN 9780822359333 Achieving Procreation: Childlessness and IVF in Turkey. Merve Demircioglu Göknar. New York: Berghahn, 2015. 201 pages. ISBN 9781782386346 Emergency Contraception: The Story of a Global Reproductive Health Technology. Angel M. Foster and L. L. Wynn, eds. New York: Palgrave Macmillan, 2012. 323 pages. ISBN 9780230102828 The three works under review address sterility, fertility, and pregnancy and offer Middle Eastern and North African perspectives on the experience of childless- ness and reproductive technologies. They examine in vitro fertilization (IVF) and emergency contraception (EC) as elements of population health and reproductive politics in the Middle East and North Africa. These are women’s issues, for it is usually women who decide whether to pursue IVF, women’s bodies on which such technologies are applied, and women who become pregnant. Legal and cultural debates around reproductive technologies often reproduce gendered expectations regarding sexuality and motherhood. In combination the books examined offer a layered approach that will interest global public health experts as well as http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png Journal of Middle East Women's Studies Duke University Press

Global IVF, Infertility, and Emergency Contraception in the Middle East and North Africa

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REVIEW ESSAY Global IVF, Infertility, and Emergency Contraception in the Middle East and North Africa ELLE N J. A MSTER Cosmopolitan Conceptions: IVF Sojourns in Global Dubai. Marcia C. Inhorn. Durham, NC: Duke University Press, 2015. 379 pages. ISBN 9780822359333 Achieving Procreation: Childlessness and IVF in Turkey. Merve Demircioglu Göknar. New York: Berghahn, 2015. 201 pages. ISBN 9781782386346 Emergency Contraception: The Story of a Global Reproductive Health Technology. Angel M. Foster and L. L. Wynn, eds. New York: Palgrave Macmillan, 2012. 323 pages. ISBN 9780230102828 The three works under review address sterility, fertility, and pregnancy and offer Middle Eastern and North African perspectives on the experience of childless- ness and reproductive technologies. They examine in vitro fertilization (IVF) and emergency contraception (EC) as elements of population health and reproductive politics in the Middle East and North Africa. These are women’s issues, for it is usually women who decide whether to pursue IVF, women’s bodies on which such technologies are applied, and women who become pregnant. Legal and cultural debates around reproductive technologies often reproduce gendered expectations regarding sexuality and motherhood. In combination the books examined offer a layered approach that will interest global public health experts as well as

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Journal of Middle East Women's Studies – Duke University Press

Published: Nov 1, 2018

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